on Jun 14, 2016Article Content
| Article Number | 000030527 |
| Applies To | RSA Product Set: Security Analytics RSA Product/Service Type: Concentrator Platform: CentOS O/S Version: EL6 |
| Issue | This article contains general information on meta key restrictions for text, ipv4 and UInt16. |
| Resolution | In Security Analytics, text based meta keys have a fixed limit of up to 255 characters. Generally speaking, the following limitations are imposed: 1. The maximum size of text based meta keys is 255 characters. Note that meta keys, like columns in a database, may be formatted. 3. A meta key such as ip.src is formatted as IPv4, which has a maximum size of 4 bytes. 4. A meta key such as tcp.dstport is formatted as UInt16 and has a max bytes of 2, but can accept a value from 0 – 65535. |